Hospitality Talk #2: How to be successful Hoteliers

On April 2, 2016, Hospitality Talk was held at Huflit for the first time, attracting many students majored in Tourism and Hospitality.

Aiming to bring to students career orientation from experts, Hospitality Talk concentrated on experts’ sharing hot topics such as attitudes, characteristics, grooming and necessary skills for professional hoteliers. Besides, the guest speakers also helped participants approach to real experience through Q&A sections.

The first guest speaker sharing in Hospitality Talk was Mr. Phan Truong Duy – Head of Training Department of Lotte Legend Saigon. With 8 – year experience, he shared his own stories to the participants, helping them know thoroughly about the organizational structure and working environment of 5 – star hotels as well as career opportunities for those who want to work in Tourism and Hospitality.

The atmosphere became livelier with the appearance of Mr. Vo Thanh Dang, an inspiring guest speaker and an experienced expert in supporting brand building and management, human development, etc.

“How to be successful Hoteliers” – Positive attitude is one of the most important factors leading to success. With his enthusiasm, he inspired all participants, helping them to know the way both to approach every problem with the most positive attitudes and to evaluate what thing are important in their life, avoiding bad things and thus becoming better people each day.

In this Talk, Mr. Chu Hong Minh – Founder of Vietnam Hospitality Network brought to the participants a thorough understanding of his time building and developing Vietnam Hospitality Network, as well as his interesting experience when working in Tourism and Hospitality. Moreover, he also shared with the participants challenges and opportunities of Vietnam Hospitality Network.

The Talk became more active with the discussion of 3 speakers. They all told about their own stories, shared with the participants opportunities and challenges of integration and answered inquiries from students.

Hospitality Talk #2 ended successfully. The Organizing Committee of Hospitality Talk hopes that this series will develop more actively in the future, approaching to not only students majored in Tourism and Hospitality but also those interested in this sector.